Table 1. Minimum prevalence levels evaluated for German cervids tested for TSE, 2002–2005*.
| Species | Increased risk† |
Normal risk‡ |
Total§ |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. tested (MPL) | HB | EPS | No. tested (MPL) | HB | EPS | No. tested | HB | EPS | |
| Roe deer | 1,959 (0.15%) | 822,000 | 1,370,000 | 1,684 (0.18%) | 1,273,000 | 2,122,000 | 3,643 | 2,095,000 | 3,492,000 |
| Red deer | 1,110 (0.27%) | 84,000 | 140,000 | 297 (1.00%) | 25,000 | 42,000 | 1,407 | 109,000 | 181,000 |
| Fallow deer | 1,097 (0.27%) | 76,000 | 127,000 | 293 (1.02%) | 18,000 | 30,000 | 1,390 | 94,000 | 157,000 |
*TSE, transmissible spongiform encephalopathy; MPL, minimum prevalence level (upper limit of the percentage of positives in the population, given no positives found in the sample); HB, hunting bag (cervids >18 months estimated for the 3 study years); EPS, estimated population size (cervids >18 months in the 3 study years). †Animals were considered at increased risk if >1 risk factor applied. ‡Animals were considered at normal risk if no risk factors applied. §Data analysis was possible for 6,440 animals; information on risk factors was lacking in 616 cases.